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On This Day · The 162nd day of the year

June 11

This year marks the 25th anniversary of Timothy McVeigh — June 11 carries the weight of round numbers. Its center of gravity is the 21st century, and disaster looms large.

♊ZodiacGemini ◈BirthstonePearl ❀Birth flowerRose

Gemini is the sign for June 11 — read more on the Gemini page, or see June's birthstone & birth flower.

Compiled & reviewed by · Last reviewed September 6, 2026

What happened on June 11?

June 11 is the 162nd day of the year. It marks 10 notable events in history, dated between 1345 and 2012. Famous people born on June 11 include Jackie Stewart, Claire Holt and Richard Strauss.

Released on June 11

Movies, games, albums & shows

2024

  • Movie Inside Out 2

2021

  • Game Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
  • Game Guilty Gear: Strive
  • TV Clarkson's Farm

Release data from TMDB & IGDB.

Events

10 notable moments
  1. 1345

    Megas doux

  2. 1594

    Philip II of Spain

  3. 1724

    Johann Sebastian Bach

  4. 1748

    Denmark

  5. 1917

    Alexander of Greece

  6. 1920

    1920 Republican National Convention

  7. 1962

    June 1962 Alcatraz escape

  8. 2001

    Timothy McVeigh

  9. 2007

    2007 Chittagong mudslides

  10. 2012

    2012 Afghanistan earthquakes

Famous birthday twins

Born on June 11

Jackie Stewart

b. 1939

Claire Holt

b. 1988

Richard Strauss

b. 1864

Gonzalo Castro

b. 1987

Yasunari Kawabata

b. 1899

Nikolai Bulganin

b. 1895

Hugh Laurie

b. 1959

Jesús Fernández (footballer, born 1988)

b. 1988

Deaths

  • 2001Timothy McVeigh
  • 1999DeForest Kelley
  • 1979John Wayne
  • 1852Karl Bryullov
  • 1847John Franklin

Holidays & observances

  • —Brazilian Navy Day (Brazil)
  • —Christian feast day: Alice of Schaerbeek
  • —Christian feast day: Barnabas the Apostle
  • —Christian feast day: Bartholomew the Apostle (Eastern Christianity)
  • —Christian feast day: Blessed Ignatius Maloyan (Armenian Catholic Church)
  • —Christian feast day: Blessed Maria Schininà
  • —Christian feast day: Paula Frassinetti
  • —Christian feast day: Riagail of Bangor

The factual record above — event titles, dates, names, and observances — is drawn from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) license. DateLore adds curation, structure, and original editorial commentary. DateLore is not affiliated with the Wikimedia Foundation.

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